17B24.    2 Kings 4:42-44.    “Elisha, the man of God, brought God’s presence to this human world.  In sharing the abundant beneficence of God, Elisha showed in a tangible way the love God had for his people.

Psalm Response: “The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.”

John 6:1-15.  Jesus performs miraculous ‘signs’ of God’s caring for his people.  The people did not seem to understand that Jesus wanted them to come recognize God’s love for them and so to worship God even more.  They wanted to make him king because they were only looking for more earthly benefits from Jesus’ miracles.  “The Jewish feast of Passover was near” when Jesus was to be crucified but the people would then forget the miracles Jesus had worked and let him be crucified.

Ephesians 4:1-6.  Paul wrote: I “urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,” “striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body, and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”  Because we are so inextricably bound to the same one God, that binds us to one another.